Business Insider headed to Italy, Japan and Africa
Business Insider will open new sites in Italy, Japan and Africa in the coming months, reports Joe Pompeo of Politico. Pompeo writes, “The Italian site, headquartered in Milan and set to go live November 28, will launch in a licensing partnership with the Italian media conglomerate Gruppo Espresso. “The Japanese edition, slated for a Jan. 16 debut, […]
Upstart Business Journal editor says goodbye
J. Jennings Moss, the editor of the Upstart Business Journal, writes Tuesday about why the website is being shut by American City Business Journals. Moss writes, “Today, the Upstart Business Journal ceases publication as a standalone website. This is its final piece of copy, an oddly fitting conclusion to a site that set out to […]
Bloomberg launches Africa version of website
Bloomberg announced Tuesday the launch of Bloomberg.com/Africa, a regional edition of Bloomberg’s website. Bloomberg Media CEO Justin B. Smith unveiled the new edition at the second Bloomberg “Africa Business Media Innovators” forum in Naivasha, Kenya, which convened media, technology and business influencers from 11 countries — including nine African nations — to explore the role […]
Gizmodo seeks editor in chief
Gizmodo Media Group, which is part of Univision’s digital arm, Fusion Media Group, is seeking an experienced, dynamic leader to serve as Editor-in-Chief of its flagship website, Gizmodo.com, which reaches some 35 million monthly readers globally. The ideal candidate will be obsessive about technology, science, and geek culture, and have experience assigning coverage and developing editorial strategy across these […]
ACBJ to close Upstart Business Journal
American City Business Journals is closing its Upstart Business Journal website on Tuesday. The website has been covering entrepreneurs and business news related to start-up companies. Upstart Business Journal was rolled out in June 2012. It replaced the former Portfolio.com, which Charlotte-based ACBJ took over after Conde Nast shut down its Portfolio business magazine. Whit […]
Market News International seeks econ data reporter in DC
Market News International has an exciting opportunity available as a U.S. Economic Data Reporter, based in our Washington DC bureau. Your responsibilities will include covering and analyzing economic data reports, including attending government lockups, as well as maintaining and developing data spreadsheets, generating graphics and writing stories to explain key economic trends. We want a candidate […]
Business Insider sets record with 82 million visitors in October
Business Insider president Julie Hansen wrote the following on Thursday: All this great storytelling yielded results. BI US last month experienced its highest traffic ever: 82 million unique visitors, per Google Analytics. (This traditional audience barometer complements our recent calculation about our reach across all platforms.) Across all Business Insider international sites and INSIDER, our lifestyle property, we […]
Business Insider drops comments from articles
Business Insider has joined other websites in dropping the comments function at the end of its articles. Mario Ruiz, a spokesman for the business news website, told Talking Biz News: Over time the value of our comments section has diminished, with a small but outspoken group increasingly resorting to name-calling and worse. Meanwhile the emergence […]
MoneyBadger: Business news with a sense of humor
Ian Rosen, the CEO of StockTwits, writes about its new website MoneyBadger.com. Rosen writes, “As a publication, Money Badger’s sole purpose is to help those who’ve never invested learn the basics of the market, buy their first shares of stock, and become engaged with the fascinating market stories that evolve each day. Whether you’re fresh […]
CNBC launches new home page
CNBC launched a homepage redesign this weekend that includes more headlines and programmable videos. The additional headlines help users quickly scan the stories that are moving the markets, the financial news organization believes. Programmable video plays directly on the homepage, getting users to the content they want faster and with less friction. The redesign also […]
